Modern, major commentaries on Matthew

This list includes commentaries that give detailed attention to the Greek text and use more recent methods of analysis. Students are required to use modern commentaries in their exegetical assignments in order to become acquainted with resources that are scholarly and up-to-date. Older commentaries may be used, too. 

If your commentary is not on this list, it does not count as a “modern, major” work. If you’d like a book to be added to this list, please contact the instructor. Most homiletical or expositional commentaries, despite being useful, are not suited for academic work. You may cite them, but they do not count toward the minimum of modern, major works. I usually do not list self-published books.

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Basser, Herbert W. The Mind Behind the Gospels: A Commentary to Matthew 1-14.  Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Boston, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2009. 377 pages. Amazon.

Brown, Jeannine K. Matthew. Teach the Text Commentary Series. Baker, 2015. 352 pages. Amazon. Google

Brown, Jeannine K., and Kyle Roberts. Matthew. The Two Horizons Commentary.  Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2018.

Brown, Raymond E. The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke. Rev. ed. Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library. New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 2, 1999. 752 pages. Amazon.

Carson, D.A. “Matthew.” Pages 25-670 in Tremper Longman, ed., Expositor’s Bible Commentary, vol. 9. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010. Amazon Google.

Case-Winters, Anna. Matthew. Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible. Westminster John Knox, 2015. 376 pages. Amazon. Google.

Chamblin, Knox. Matthew Volume 1 (1-13). A Mentor Commentary. Mentor, 2010. Fearn, Tain, Scotland: Mentor, 2010. Matthew Volume 2 (14-28). Fearn, Tain, Scotland: Christian Focus, 2012.

Constable, Thomas L. "Notes on Matthew." 438 pages. https://www.planobiblechapel.org/tcon/notes/html/nt/matthew/matthew.htm  

Culpepper, R. Alan. Matthew: A Commentary. New Testament Library. Westminster John Knox, 2022. 728 pages.

Custer, Stewart. The Gospel of the King: A Commentary on Matthew. Bob Jones University Press, 2006. 529 pages.

Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison. Matthew: A Shorter Commentary, T&T Clark, 2004. 549 pages. Abridged version Google.

Evans, Craig A. Matthew. New Cambridge Commentary. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Amazon Google.

France, R. T. The Gospel of Matthew. NICNT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007. 1233 pages. Amazon. Google.

Garland, David. Reading Matthew: A Literary and Theological Commentary. Smyth & Helwys, 2013. 296 pages. Amazon Google

Gibbs, Jeffrey A. Matthew 1:1-11:1, Matthew 11:2-20-34, and Matthew 21:-28:20. 3 vols. Concordia Commentary. St. Louis: Concordia, 2006, 2010, 2018.  ~2700 pages.

Hauerwas, Stanley. Matthew. Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible. Brazos, 2006. 272 pages. Amazon. Google.

Hegg, Tim. Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. 5 vols. TorahResource, 2007-2014. ~1500 pages. 

Jarvis, Cynthia A., and E. Elizabeth Johnson. Feasting on the Gospels: Matthew. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2013. 800 pages. Vol. 1. Vol. 2. Google

Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009. 1061 pages. Amazon. Google

Luz, Ulrich. Matthew. 3 vols. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007, 2000, 2005. 1757 pages. Volume 2.  The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew

McKnight, Scot. Sermon on the Mount. The Story of God Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2013. Google,

Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. Gospel of Matthew. Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2011. 383 pages. Amazon. Google

Nolland, John. The Gospel of Matthew. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. 1481 pages. Amazon. Google.

Osborne, Grant R. Matthew. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010. 1154 pages. Amazon.  Google.

Quarles, Charles L. Matthew: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2023. Amazon. 

Reeves, Rodney. Matthew. Story of God Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2017.  Amazon. Google.

Snow, Robert, and Arseny Ermakov. Matthew: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition. Beacon Hill, 2019. Amazon

Talbert, Charles H. Matthew. Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2010. 384 pages. Amazon. Google.

Turner, David L. Matthew. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2008. 848 pages. Amazon. Google.

Wilkins, Michael. Matthew. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004. 1003 pages. This series has more exegetical content than most homiletical commentaries. Amazon. Google.

Wilson, Walter T. The Gospel of Matthew. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2022. Chapters 1-13. Chapters 14-28

This page was updated on May 15, 2023